More submissions on media merger releasedSUPPLIED The Commerce Commission has to give the final ruling on whether an NZME/Fairfax merger can go ahead. The Commerce Commission has released more of the submissions it received on the proposed NZME/Fairfax merger. "One of us will probably destroy the other eventually and New Zealand media, New Zealand employment and New Zealand government tax take will be worse off for it." "It would become the one editorial voice in the media market, dominating print, radio and digital comment. READ MORE: Commerce Commission releases submissions on NZME/Fairfax mergerSome of the most recently released submissions were kept anonymous, including one that said the idea of one company having control over the news media was frightening.

Source: Stuff July 15, 2016 05:03 UTC